Measuring the improvement in health-related quality of life using King's health questionnaire in non-obese and obese patients with lower urinary tract symptoms after alpha-adrenergic medication: a preliminary study
- Authors
- Kim, Jae Heon; Choi, Hoon; Sun, Hwa Yeon; Doo, Seung Whan; Yoon, Jong Hyun; Yang, Won Jae; Yoo, Byung Wook; Kim, Joyce Mary; Kwon, Soon-Sun; Song, Eun Seop; Lee, Hong Jun; Lim, Ik Sung; Song, Yun Seob
- Issue Date
- 6-8월-2014
- Publisher
- BIOMED CENTRAL LTD
- Keywords
- Alpha-blocker; Prostatic hyperplasia; Body mass index; Waist circumference
- Citation
- BMC UROLOGY, v.14
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- BMC UROLOGY
- Volume
- 14
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/97708
- DOI
- 10.1186/1471-2490-14-60
- ISSN
- 1471-2490
- Abstract
- Background: The efficacy of medical treatment among obese men with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) has been less clear, especially regarding the improvement of QoL. We aimed to investigate the difference in efficacy and consequent satisfaction of life quality after medical treatment of male LUTS according to obesity. Methods: An 8-week prospective study was performed for a total of 140 patients >50 years old with International Prostate Symptom Scores (IPSS) > 12 points and prostate volume > 20 mL. Obesity was determined by either body mass index (BMI) or waist circumference (WC). Patients were divided into 2 groups according to BMI or WC. Patients received tamsulosin at a dose of 0.4 mg daily for 8 weeks. The changes from baseline in the IPSS, maximal urinary flow rate (Qmax), post-void residual volume, questionnaire of quality of life (QoL), and King's Health Questionnaire (KHQ) were analyzed. Results: Of the 150 enrolled patients, 96 completed the study. Seventy-five patients (78.1%) had BMI >= 23 kg/m(2), and 24 (25.0%) had WC > 90 cm. Overall, the IPSS, IPSS QoL, and total KHQ showed significant improvement. Obese (BMI >= 23 kg/m(2)) and non-obese (BMI < 23 kg/m(2)) both showed improvement of the IPSS and IPSS QoL scores, but only the obese (BMI >= 23 kg/m(2)) group showed improvement of the total KHQ score (P < 0.001 vs. P = 0.55). Only the obese (WC > 90 cm) group showed improvement of the IPSS and total KHQ scores (P < 0.001). Conclusions: Our preliminary study showed the different efficacy of an alpha-blocker for improvement of LUTS and life quality according to obesity. Obese patients, defined by BMI or WC, showed the tendency toward a more favorable improvement of LUTS and life quality.
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